from_o sink_v cast_v thy_o eye_n upon_o 77._o aaron_n david_n peter_n who_o return_v with_o sound_n and_o hearty_a repentance_n be_v merciful_o entertain_v into_o as_o great_a favour_n as_o they_o be_v before_o but_o god_n forbid_v that_o any_o professor_n of_o religion_n shall_v ever_o fall_v so_o foul_o especial_o in_o this_o glorious_a midday_n of_o evangelicall_n light_n be_v thou_o langvish_v under_o the_o heavy_a desolation_n of_o a_o spiritual_a desertion_n and_o deprive_v of_o thy_o former_a comfortable_a feeling_n of_o god_n favourable_a countenance_n look_v upon_o david_n psal._n 77._o i_o remember_v god_n and_o be_v trouble_v i_o complain_v and_o my_o spirit_n be_v overwhelm_v i_o be_o so_o trouble_v that_o i_o can_v not_o speak_v my_o soul_n refuse_v to_o be_v comfort_v nay_o upon_o jesus_n christ_n himself_o mat._n 27.46_o cry_v my_o god_n my_o god_n why_o have_v thou_o forsake_v i_o be_v thou_o haunt_v with_o some_o of_o satan_n most_o hateful_a and_o horrible_a 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a_o leaf_n drive_v to_o and_o fro_o and_o will_v thou_o pursue_v the_o dry_a stubble_n for_o thou_o write_v bitter_a thing_n against_o i_o and_o make_v i_o to_o possess_v the_o iniquity_n of_o my_o youth_n 6.4_o the_o arrow_n of_o the_o almighty_a be_v within_o i_o the_o poison_n thereof_o drink_v up_o my_o spirit_n the_o terror_n of_o god_n do_v set_v themselves_o in_o array_n against_o i_o 38.13.14_o hezekiah_n that_o walk_v before_o god_n in_o truth_n and_o with_o a_o perfect_a heart_n i_o reckon_v till_o morning_n that_o as_o a_o loc_n lion_n so_o will_v he_o break_v all_o my_o bone_n from_o day_n even_o to_o night_n will_v thou_o make_v a_o end_n of_o i_o like_o a_o crane_n or_o a_o swallow_n so_o do_v i_o chatter_v i_o do_v mourn_v as_o a_o dove_n my_o eye_n fail_v with_o look_v upward_o o_o lord_n i_o be_o oppress_v undertake_v for_o i_o do_v thou_o day_n after_o day_n pour_v out_o thy_o soul_n in_o prayer_n before_o the_o throne_n of_o grace_n with_o all_o the_o earnestness_n 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